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Chapter 14: Love Train
"You know Si you didn't have to throw my shotgun into that drain." complained Endo as Death Root walked to the destination Iceburg told them to meet him at.
"You nearly shot me Endo…"
"Yeah…but you didn't have to throw it away!"
Shan and the rest of Death Root just sweat-dropped due to the arguing between the insane blonde and the shark fish man. But they were used to it Endo and Siamon either got along like perfect brothers…or argued like it they were at war…so yeah…normal brothers.
"Now boys…calm own…" said Shan trying to defuse the situation.
"But Shan the shotgun…" whined Endo, fake tears running down his face, Siamon rolled his eyes and looked ahead of them noticing there close to where the directions said to go. Plus there was a group of people heading in there direction.
Siamon smacked the back of Endo's head "We have company."
Endo looked ahead of them to see Axe and a few for his crew along with Malchior and what Endo expected were his crew.
The blonde leaned his head down a little and whispered to his little blonde female counter part "Hey Penny?"
"Yeah?"
"Axe and his crew still think I'm gay?"
Penny shrugged "Maybe…Axe did see you hug Shan at Jaya."
Endo shrugged back "Who cares…watch this!" the merc waved his arm franticly back and forth at Axe as they got closer to the two groups.
"HEY CUTIE!"
Axe just glared at him face red from embarrassment (and then need to kick Endo's ass) and Malchior who stood with his crew closely behind Axe's group nearly fell on the ground laughing.
Endo snapped his fingers "Crap…wanted a better reaction from him." the blonde was then floored, a large lump growing on his head "Et tu, Siamon …."
"Wasn't me." growled Siamon as he Meku, Kazuya, and Razz followed after Mal and Axe's groups threw the door. Mac, Elsa, Penny (with Pan) and Mars were all laughing there ass's off, Shan stood over Endo's twitching body, fist raised and face a little red before she to went inside mumbling 'I'm not going to have people think my boyfriends gay…'.
----X----
After talking to Iceburg about what he wanted them to do (which was watch over his carpenters, the Straw Hats and the Axe-Heads, any means necessary.)
Now they were standing around the outside of an old sea train that Iceburg called Rocketman.
"Lets do this!" cheered Penny hopping up and down clapping her hands, Pan doing the same thing next to her.
"No, no twerp your staying here. We're not letting you get involved with this." said Siamon placing his webbed hand on Penny's head stopping her bouncing.
Penny stopped and hung her head before looking up and giving the fish man the puppy dog look "W-why Si?"
"Because this war we're going to is different that Pompeii…plus-" Siamon pointed over Devon handing Austin over to that red haired guy named Nick. "-Wouldn't you want spend some time with your boyfriend over there?"
"He's not my boyfriend!"
" 'Hen vhy are ya making such big deal about it 'hen?" teased Razz passing by the two, making the blonde girl blush.
"Fine….But I'm not going to enjoy it!"
Shan giggled and saw Endo and Siamon start walking towards the train talking about something, she could also see Axe heading there way. Telling Mars to take Penny to Nick, she and the others .
She saw Axe knee Endo, causing her boyfriend to double over, Axe then grabbed the blonde by the hair.
Shan was seeing near red, wanting to kill anyone who would hurt her lover knowing full well Endo would feel the exact same way (plus her emotions have been going crazy lately). But before she reached Axe and Endo, Siamon grabbed Shan and held her in place getting her to calm down a little, she was also close enough now that she could hear the last thing Axe said to Endo.
"…I...will...kill…you...understand?!"
Endo gave a cough and a small thumbs up "Got ya…"
"Good…" Axe pushed Endo back hard, making a large dent in the car, "Now, I do not know why you're coming along, Ordam, but if you get in my way, I'll do what I need to do it easier for me to reach my goals."
After Axe entered the car, Siamon released Shan and they all went to check on the leader…who was nearly curled into a ball on the ground.
"Endo…honey are you okay?" asked Shan, worry in her voice.
"…My balls…."
The entire Death Root team sweat-dropped.
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"Can't breath…" moaned Endo under the somewhere near four hundred pounds of muscle that was Mac, add Elsa, Razz, and Mars one top of that equals an Endo pancake.
Here's what happened after even one got on the train, some old lady…the train conductor they guessed yelled for everyone to hold on. It took off at a descent speed, made a few of them stumble a little but that was about it….until the hit the sea rail. Now that was speed, which caused Razz to lose his balance and run into Elsa and they both dragged Mac down trying to use him for support.
Bad for Endo because he was standing behind the bear zoan talking to Shan and Siamon. After everyone was used to the speed, just for the hell of it….Meku kicked Mars into the pill-up also.
"Even thou I love having Elsa on me…could you guys get off!" growled Mac using one of his arms to toss both Razz and Mars off of him before letting Elsa get up. The zoan male decided since he was so big he might as well stay seated so he sat up.
"Why…why does gravity hate me so…" groaned a very dazed Endo from his place on the floor, Siamon laughed and Shan made sure he was okay.
"YOU IDIOTS!" that yelled made the group…excluding Endo (who was still dazed on the floor), and Shan (who was helping him) look over to see Devon yelled at both Austin and Penny…who snuck onto the train.
"I cannot believe you two! What is wrong with you?!" Devon screamed at the children, "You were suppose to stay back in town with Iceburg and that baka Bucket Hat swordsman!"
Austin's hands flew into a flurry, trying to tell his reason to his brother, but Devon cut him off with another punch, this time a hard one to the face, sending him to the floor.
Elsa made a move to go and get Penny but both Kazuya and Siamon blocked her from doing so, "No…give it a minute."
After a little longer of Devon betting on to two kids, Siamon walked over and stopped Devon's fist from coming down again.
"That's enough…" Siamon then sent a glare at the young blonde girl "Penny…over there…now!" Penny just hung her head and went to stand next to Meku.
Siamon gave Devon glare "Next time Demon, lets us handle are own." letting go of the swordsman's fist the fish man turned to walk away before he stopped again.
"…and if you ever lay a hand on one of my nakama in that manner again…there will be consequences." he said the last part with a low menacing growl.
As Siamon walked by to there little group, Endo was just starting to come back out of his daze. The insane blonde looked at Penny for a second before giving his little sister (he officially declared Penny his sibling…since well that's what he thought of her as).
"So…you and that Austin boy make-out?"
Penny let at gasp before getting angry and pouncing at her brother "I don't like him like that!"
"Sure you don't!"
"Shut up!"
Shan watched the to wrestle and just smiled, Endo knew how to make someone forget about there troubles…be it making them laugh…or just royally pissing them off.
"Yosh! Finally my stomach is full!" yelled Straw Hat, climbing to his feet and looking at everyone on the train.
"The Franky Family, Galley-La, Axe-Heads," he paused at Death Root, "Uhm...,"
Shan sweat-dropped, but she decided to help the teen "Death Roots!"
"Yeah, that," Luffy nodded and went back to what he was saying, "We all may have had our problems with each other in the city, but we all have the same enemy here. The strongest person out of those bastards is the pigeon bastard...I'm going to be the one who defeats him!"
After successfully put Penny in a headlock, Endo watched Axe snort and one thought went threw the insane blonde's head ……
Wonder if Shan would wear that skimpy nurse uniform I found at the costume store?…Hey never said the thought was on Axe and Straw Hat. Endo's cheeks turned red and a little blood dripped from his nose…which quickly went away when his mind started to filter threw some of the things Axe was saying. (If you wanna know what Axe says read ch29 of kilnorc's 'One Piece: Secret Power')
Endo snorted and whispered to Siamon "Surprised this train's big enough for his ego."
"Say's a fellow ego maniac." laughed Siamon
"Hey…I'm a jackass not an ego maniac."
There was some more yelling…Endo didn't know he wasn't really paying attention, well that was until he heard Axe say he was trained to someone it that…fighting style, that was close to Lucci.
"You mean Rayo?"
Axe glared at the woodman, but nodded, "Yes, him. I was trained by him in the art of Rokushiki, so I know what these guys are capable of. However, even though I know how to fight like they do, I couldn't beat Lucci. What the hell makes you think that you can beat him, Straw Hat?"
Luffy and Axe stared at one another for a long time.
"I will beat him, Axe,"
"Then you're a fool," Axe shook his head and backed into his group, "You're a damned fool,"
"What is it with people to add more drama to an already dramatic situation…" mumbled Meku, to his surprise he got a response.
"Human nature I guess…"
Meku already guessed who it was even thou they haven't officially met yet, she also had a different aurora that others on the train. The blind man chuckled at her answer "I guess…I take it your Chizuru the Axe Heads navigator?"
"Yes, and you must be Prophet…or Meku of Death Root." Meku smirked and held his hand out "Nice to finally meet someone I can finally have an intelligent conversation with…"
He felt her grasp his hand and they struck up a conversation…well that was until…
"Well then, were screwed!" Dusty yelled running around the cabin, not stopping once.
Shan gave a sigh "Someone grab her…" before the violet haired doctor shoved there crews archer towards the fox girl.
"You do it Shan I might catch crazy from that chick." Kazuya replied.
Straw Hat looked at the leaders of the different groups in the train, Paulie leading the shipwrights of Water 7, some odd guy that lead Franky's group called Zambai and finally Axe and Endo.
"We're all heading in the same direction, there's no reason for any of us to fight alone,"
Zambai nodded and reached out, grabbing Luffy's arm, "Yes,"
"From now on...," Paulie reached out and grabbed Zambai's.
"We fight together," Endo grabbed Paulie's, glancing at Axe, "Right?"
"United we stand...," Axe grabbed Endo's arm and Luffy grabbed his, "...divided we fall,"
Luffy latched onto Axe's arm and nodded, "Yosh. We are allies now, the train ahead of us has our friends on it, and by joining up, our power is even stronger," Luffy looked at the entire cabin, "Listen! We are going forward, and no damn wave is gonna slow us down one bit!"
Everyone nodded, "YEAH!"
"LET'S GO!!"
An ego maniac treasure hunter, a thug, a shipwright, a insane mercenary, and a dude with a straw hate…we are so going to kick ass! thought Endo before he broke into a fit of insane laughter.
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Kazuya, Razz, and Mars where all on the floor with nose bleeds…and several lumps on there heads from Elsa when she noticed they were watching the other women in the train change, now Meku wasn't someone to kick a person while there down…so he stood near the three and poked them with his staff until they stood up.
"Really, if they knew they were going to fight they should have gotten prepared before boarding the train." the navigator growled to her boyfriend who was leaning on the train's wall and seemed to be in deep thought.
Siamon on the other had wasn't paying attention because he was looking at a certain panda, Pan's hoody had changed and his new one seemed very familiar to the fishman. The panda instead of wearing the orange hoody now wore a blue, gray, and black camo vest with a hoody, which was up and had little hole in it for Pan's ears to poke out.
"Penny…why does Pan's jacket look like one of my vest…." Siamon asked already knowing the answer, a large sweat-drop growing on his head.
"Yeah…well…it kinda is…I hade make it smaller…"
"Penny…"
"But it looks sooooooo cute on him!"
Siamon wanted to question the small old man…but at the moment he was showing Axe something's from his…um….'Hitchhikers Guide to the Grand Line'.
The fishman sighed and looked at the people he called friends. Mars, Kaz, and Razz were still on the ground…Meku was still poking them, and then joined by Penny and Pan…who somehow found sticks. finally exited the room he and Axe were and the old man shuffled back over to them, then shrunk and disappeared into a pocket on Pan's new vest, to rest until he's needed again.
He then looked at the crews two couples, Elsa was leaning into Mac's side with the big teens arm draped over her, Mac still seemed to be deep in thought. Endo and Shan stood near the back, the doctor wrapped in the woodman's arms slowly kissing each other.
What Siamon thought was funny was when he saw a few of the Axe Heads notice Endo and Shan, surprised………they actually believed Endo was gay.
The second in decided to help out with some thing on the roof, even thou he can breath under water he needed to protect the train for his friends.
----X----
Were heading to a marine infested fortress, that also holds the infamous CP9...plus this is going to be my first time actually in a war, instead of running around a castle fighting an alligator…okay Melcom you can do this, deep breath. Mac to a deep breath, looked around the train then down at Elsa who was sitting next to him. Wish this was a little more private…and romantic. But this just feels like the right time.
"Elsa can you stand up for a second, I need to do something." asked Mac looked down at his girlfriend.
She shrugged "Yeah sure." Elsa stood but Mac didn't move, which confused her "I thought you said you needed to do something.
"I do…" the bear zoan sat up on his knees before switching to just one. Mac then removed his goggles and ran his hand threw his hair to get it out of his eyes.
"Elsa…" he smiled a little when he heard the train quite a little and Elsa let out a gasp of breath, a hand over her mouth "…we've known each other since…well…we were in diapers, best friends for nearly eighteen years and lovers for three of those. I know I've been a little cold and avoiding you for the past three weeks, but that's because I'm not that good at keep secrets from you…and your very good at picking up on when I'm hiding something."
Elsa giggled a little, cheeks a little rosy from a light blush and tears starting to form in her eyes, Mac so he continued on " Three weeks ago I turned over in our bed and saw you sleeping, you looked like an angel…or a very sexy demon, which ever you prefer. But at that moment I decided that I couldn't live another moment without you being completely mine, and me yours."
"So…" Mac reached into one of his vest pockets, pulling out a small velvet box and opened it. Inside was a gorgeous ring, with a golden and silver weaved band with a diamond resting on top, and two smaller diamonds in the band on either side of the larger one.
"I-It's beautiful…" murmured Elsa tears freely flowing from her eyes now.
"Elsa Elena Nativa…will you marry me?"
The was a long pause before she launched herself at him, making him loose his balance and falling into the trains wall. Elsa's lips were pressed against his as she kissed him with a fierce passion, he could feel her warm tears run down her face and fall onto his.
She broke the kiss and looked at him, large smile on her face "Yes…" she buried her face into his chest, laughing in pure joy.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes! Thousand times yes!" she chanted, Mac laughed in joy. Elsa then pulled away from him a little "Bout time you asked you big lug…" she then held her hand out to him "Well, you going to make it official?"
Mac smiled and placed the ring onto her finger, Elsa wiped the tears from her eyes and yelped a little when Mac her boy…her fiancé wrapped his strong arms around her and pulled the black haired girl into another kiss.
Kazuya watched the scene of the now engaged couple as they kissed with a passion he's never seen before. The archer looked at everyone else in the train, and it seemed they were all happy to, it also seemed Shan and most of the Axe Head girls wanted to talk to the now engaged Elsa, Kaz could see the excitement in there eyes.
The archer smiled a little and turned his head slightly to the left to talk to his friend "About time they…Razz are you crying?"
Razz waved the blonde off, a smile on his face and tears come from his eye "No, no I just got something in my eye…"
Kazuya just looked at the musician skeptically before Razz snorted and looked at the archer "You have a tissue?"
Finally! This chapter was very, very hard for me to write…and also my most favorite one to write…well at least the final scene was. As you can see the final scene is very emotional…well that's what I at least tried to make it as…thou I still had to end the chapter or a funny note, just felt like it was right to end this chapter like that.
Now I did want to get the whole train ride done and finished this chapter…but I didn't. Again for some reason this chapter was really hard to write for me and I need a small break, I'll start working on chapter 15 this weekend or something.
Now next chapter will be Mac and Elsa asking two people if they will be the maid of honor and the best man (can you guess who?). It will also contain them arriving at Enies Lobby, and some of the events shown (that involve a member of Death Root at least…if they don't then you can just read Secret Power and then put the two stories together to get the full story at the moment.)
Now here's some lines from the up coming chapter…also where getting close DRNA is almost over.
Sneak Preview's
Shan: Kazuya! Get out of there!
Kazuya: (cough's up blood) Shit…this isn't good.
Razz: Vhat da hell is dis guy…
Mac: (large sweat-drop forming on his head) Okay, this is very very strange…
Hiro: Feel my burning……PASSION!
James: Give up now, you don't stand a chance.
Endo: FUCK YOU!
Siamon: ASHTON!
Well there you go small sneak peeks at what's to come. Now everyone read and review saying what you think of this chapter, and what do you think of Mac and Elsa FINALLY getting engaged.
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